Historical information

These are sales photographs for William Tatham Ltd. of Rochdale. These photographs are taken in the fitting shop at William Tatham Ltd. where final assembly would have taken place.

The Patent Parallel Fibre Feed machine is used for connecting Breaker and Finisher Card Sections. The photographed machine was made by William Tatham Ltd, a textile engineering company based in Rochdale, UK. Established in 1866 Tatham developed innovative textile machinery and send their products to Australia and other countries around the world.

Physical description

A black and white photo of a Patent Parallel Fibre Feed in a landscape format. Black wiritng on the rear, typed with a typewriter.

Inscriptions & markings

Front - top margin: For description see over.
Front mid left edge - Wm. TATHAM Ltd. ROCHDALE. Machine Maker
Front bottom right corner - 1106
On machine bottom right quadrant - TATHAMS

Rear - New Patent Parallel Fibre Feed for connecting Breaker and Finisher Card Sections. This Machine incorporates a completely new type Plaiter Motion, the operation of which is quite unique.